B6397 crash in the Scottish Borders on 3 November 2014 at 16:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the B6397 in the Scottish Borders at 16:15 on Monday 3 November 2014. The 22-year-old female driver and an 18-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2014
- Monday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60512, longitude -2.53725, in the TD5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950005539
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6397
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 2014.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 24 December 2014
2 m awayRef 2014950006820
Slight
Car crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 16 January 1979
10 m awayRef 197995179G017
Slight
Car crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 28 January 1987
20 m awayRef 198795187G029
Serious
Car crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 7 December 1986, ref 198695D86G015
23 m awayRef 198695D86G015
Slight
Car crash on the B6404 in the Scottish Borders, 7 December 1986, ref 198695D86G014
23 m awayRef 198695D86G014
Slight
Bus crash on the B6408 in the Scottish Borders, 23 March 1986
32 m awayRef 198695386G015
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2014950005539 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Scottish Borders road accident statistics for 2014.